Venice Museums

VENICE, TICKETS TO VISIT THE BASILICA OF SAN MARCO Venice is a unique city in the world: it is developed entirely on water and contains works of art and architecture that are an expression of its cultural and economic history. If gondolas are the most iconic image from a folkloric point of view, St Mark’s […]

THE WORKS OF THE FORTUNY MUSEUM, THE HOME OF A BRILLIANT ARTIST What are the works in the Fortuny Museum and why should you visit this Venetian museum at least once in your life? The gothic Venetian palace that was the home but also the workshop of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Granada 1871, Venice 1949) […]

THE ROYAL PALACE OF VENICE: THE ROYAL ROOMS OF THE CORRER MUSEUM Did you know that there is a Royal Palace in Venice? I am familiar with Venice and the Doge’s Palace, the residence of the Doge, but I had no idea that there was also the Royal Palace of Venice. I had the privilege […]

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN VENICE WORKS: THE MASTERPIECES YOU MUST SEE Guggenheim Museum in Venice works you must see to avoid missing the most important masterpieces. It’s not easy to make a selection of the unmissable works of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, because it’s not only the museums housing the most complete collection of works […]

MUSEUMS IN VENICE TO VISIT: MY ADVICE ON WHICH ONES YOU SHOULD VISIT Which are the museums in Venice to visit and which ones you shouldn’t miss if you visit Venice? In this post you’ll find all my advice on the museums in Venice to visit, if you visit the city for the first time […]

VENICE GUGGENHEIM TICKETS: HOW TO BOOK AND VISIT PEGGY GUGGENHEIM’S HOUSE Guggenheim Venice Tickets and how to visit Peggy Guggenheim’s house, which houses the most complete collection of twentieth century art. In this post you will find practical information to visit one of the most beautiful and unique museums in Venice, the house where Peggy […]

THE DOGE’S PALACE IN VENICE: WORKS, ENTRANCE TICKETS AND OPENING TIMES The Doge’s Palace in Venice is a must see for every tourist who visits the lagoon city. The building lies next to the Basilica of St. Mark, and sums up all the history of Venice, its conquests, battles and domination over the Mediterranean Sea. […]

THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION IN VENICE: A COLLECTION PEGGY BUILT UP WITH ALL HER HEART AND SOUL When you enter the first room of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection you feel like you’re inside a house born to be a museum. In this post I’ll explain why Peggy committed herself heart and soul to this collection […]

CANOVA IN VENICE: CANOVA AT THE GALLERIE DELL’ACCADEMIA IN VENICE Canova in Venice. One of the greatest novelties of the new tour of the exhibition at the Gallerie dell’Accademia, which I have recently described in a special post dedicated to the new rooms set in the Palladian Wing, is the exhibition of the works by […]

THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN VENICE: THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION Guggenheim Venice. In 1948 Peggy Guggenheim was invited to exhibit her art collection at the first Venice Biennale arranged after World War II. Cubist, Abstract, and Surrealist artworks, and works by contemporary artists such as Pollock and Mark Rothko were exhibited for the first time in […]

  THE PALLADIAN WING AT THE GALLERIE DELL’ACCADEMIA Gallerie Accademia Venice. The Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice is the seat of one of the most interesting museums in Venice. The complex of the Gallerie dell’Accademia, hosting a very rich art collection of Venetian paintings from Veneto as well, consists of the ancient church of Santa Maria […]

On Sunday at the natural history museum of Venice Natural History Museum of Venice. There are some museums I have always wanted to visit, but I haven’t visited yet, and there are still in my things-to-do-slowly-list. Among them there’s the Natural History Museum of Venice, which I had the chance the visit on a Sunday […]